East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°58′26″N 6°56′13″W / 54.974°N 6.937°W / 54.974; -6.937

East Londonderry, also referred to as East Derry, is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.

For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Londonderry constituency with a small part around Portrush coming from North Antrim constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from East Londonderry. They were as follows:

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2016

2016 Assembly Election:East Londonderry[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	UUP	William McCandless
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle
	TUV	Jordan Armstrong
	UKIP	Steven Parkhill
2011 2011 Assembly Election:East Londonderry[2] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 DUP Gregory Campbell 18.2 6,319             Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hOisín 13.5 4,681 4,682.54 4,682.54 4,683.76 4,712.20 4,962.20   DUP George Robinson 11.1 3,855 4,167.62 4,235.08 4,695.62 4,764.02 4,784.88 4,823.10 Independent Unionist David McClarty 8.6 3,003 3,119.16 3,275.50 3,511.62 4,112.86 4,154.08 4,405.08 SDLP John Dallat 8.5 2,967 2,978.44 2,994.54 3,003.20 3,515.08 5,207.08   Sinn Féin Bernadette Archibald 7.6 2,639 2,640.96 2,643.98 2,646.98 2,673.98 2,771.20   DUP Adrian McQuillan 7.6 2,633 3,298.72 3,368.36 3,609.84 3,701.78 3,718.44 3,781.66 SDLP Thomas Conway 6.4 2,222 2,228.16 2,231.38 2,243.98 2,362.58     Alliance Barney Fitzpatrick 5.5 1,905 1,932.28 2,005.70 2,040.46       TUV Boyd Douglas 4.5 1,568 1,647.42 1,703.18         UUP Lesley Macaulay 4.2 1,472 1,530.30           UUP David Harding 4.2 1,458 1,531.92 2,580.42 3,131.10 3,399.84 3,427.38 3,460.60 Electorate: 65,226   Valid: 34,722   Spoilt: 581   Quota: 4,961   Turnout: 35,303 (54.12%) Note: David McClarty appeared on the ballot paper with no description, however had previously made clear that he was fighting the election as an Independent Unionist.[3] 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count DUP Gregory Campbell 6,845 Elected 1 Sinn Féin Francis Brolly 4,476 Elected 6 DUP George Robinson 3,991 Elected 4 UUP David McClarty 2,875 Elected 9 DUP Adrian McQuillan 2,650 Elected 9 SDLP John Dallat 2,538 Elected 8 Sinn Féin Billy Leonard 2,321 Not elected 8 UUP Norman Hillis 2,054 Not elected 9 SDLP Orla Beattie 1,797 Not elected 7 Alliance Bernard Fitzpatrick 1,401 Not elected 5 UUP Edwin Stevenson 1,338 Not elected 4 UK Unionist Leslie Cubitt 649 Not elected 3 Green (NI) Phillippe Moison 521 Not elected 3 Republican Sinn Féin Michael McGonigle 393 Not elected 2 Independent Victor Christie 73 Not elected 2 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count DUP Gregory Campbell 4,789 Elected 3 UUP David McClarty 4,069 Elected 4 Sinn Féin Francis Brolly 4,019 Elected 7 DUP George Robinson 3,466 Elected 10 SDLP John Dallat 3,190 Elected 12 DUP Maurice Bradley 2,836 Not elected SDLP Michael Coyle 2,394 Not elected UUP Norman Hillis 2,292 Elected 11 Sinn Féin Cliona O'Kane 2,102 Not elected United Unionist Coalition Boyd Douglas 1,903 Not elected UUP Edwin Stevenson 1,408 Not elected UK Unionist Pauline Armitage 906 Not elected Alliance Yvonne Boyle 762 Not elected Socialist Environmental Marion Baur 137 Not elected 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count DUP Gregory Campbell 6,099 Elected UUP David McClarty 5,108 Elected SDLP John Dallat 4,760 Elected SDLP Arthur Doherty 4,606 Elected Independent Unionist Boyd Douglas 3,811 Elected UUP Pauline Armitage 3,315 Elected 9 DUP George Robinson 3,208 Not elected Sinn Féin Malachy O'Kane 2,521 Not elected Alliance Barbara Dempsey 2,395 Not elected UUP Roger McPherson 1,531 Not elected Sinn Féin John McIlhenny 1,339 Not elected PUP Dave Gilmour 582 Not elected Ulster Democratic David Nelson 171 Not elected Natural Law Maura McCann 46 Not elected 1996 Forum Successful candidates are shown in bold.[4] Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage UUP David Brewster John White Pauline Armitage Antony Alcock Elizabeth Black 11,386 30.9 DUP Robert Bolton Robert Stewart Victor Wilson 8,768 23.8 SDLP Arthur Doherty John Dallat Patricia Farren Gerald McLaughlin Michael Coyle 7,451 20.3 Sinn Féin Malachy O'Kane Thomas Donaghey Kevin Kelly John McCloskey Kathleen Kelly 3,413 9.3 Alliance Yvonne Boyle Bill Mathews Paddy McGowan 2,107 5.7 UK Unionist Kingsley Nutt Angela Nutt 1,040 2.8 Ulster Democratic Allister Crawford Robert Mitchell 728 2.0 PUP William Smith William Mitchell 652 1.8 NI Women's Coalition Avril Watson Mary Mulholland Pauline Nellis 375 1.0 Labour coalition Fionnuala Harbinson Alan McKee Peter Scott John Quigley 241 0.6 Conservative Hubert Mullan John McKeown 208 0.6 Green (NI) David Surplus Adeline Curry 189 0.5 Ulster Independence Bartholomew Hamilton Hugh Kerr John Walker 100 0.3 Workers' Party Marian Donnelly James McLaughlin 75 0.2 Democratic Left Odran Dunphy Colm Campbell 45 0.1 Natural Law Brian McEnery Lee Silvera 14 0.0 Independent Chambers Jonathan Chambers Maureen Holmes Neill Chambers 5 0.0 References ↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/east_londonderry_result_sheet.pdf ↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/east_londonderry_result_sheet.pdf ↑ "McClarty to run as Independent – Belfast Today". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2011.  ↑ 1996 Candidates – East Londonderry, Northern Ireland Elections Northern Ireland Assembly Assembly Speaker Assembly Commission Acts Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Parliament Buildings Committees Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister Agriculture and Rural Development Culture, Arts and Leisure Education Employment and Learning Enterprise, Trade and Investment Environment Finance and Personnel Health, Social Services and Public Safety Regional Development Social Development Constituencies Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone Parties Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist Green NI21 Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice UKIP Ulster Unionist Elections 1998 2003 2007 2011 Next Procedure Cross-community vote See also Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement